Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called upon Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to veto recently approved ...

The World Bank’s Double Dividend report outlines how Brazil can simultaneously stabilize its public debt and cut greenhouse ...

Finance Minister Fernando Haddad declares Brazil's online betting industry should be banned entirely, citing criminal ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should veto a bill that dismantles environmental licensing and poses serious ...

The approval of a bill that weakens environmental rules for mining, infrastructure and agricultural projects has raised ...

Lawmakers approved a bill that weakens Brazil’s environmental licensing framework, which creates self-approving licensing and hands decisions to local politicians. The new law eases critical impact ...

As it prepares to host the next round of UN climate talks in November, the environment – and frontline activists – are facing ...

Brazil is seeing a rise in deforestation across the Amazon, and now environmentalists are warning that a new bill passed by Congress could accelerate the damage at an even more alarming rate.